Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:33:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, darrenr@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making LINT (was: [spam score 3.31/10.0 -pobox] Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_fil.c ip_fil.h ip_input.c ip_output.c ipprotosw.h src/sys/netin) Message-ID: <20000802163259.K36094@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021644120.6771-100000@besplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 04:49:28PM %2B1000 References: <20000802084127.M59431@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021644120.6771-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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On Wednesday, 2 August 2000 at 16:49:28 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Monday, 31 July 2000 at 20:45:16 -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: >>> Robert Watson wrote: >>>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's why the FreeBSD project provides remote compilation resources >>>>> (build machines) for you to test on when you can't test locally - you're >>>>> expected to have compiled LINT prior to making intrusive commits to the >>>>> kernel, or not commit at all. Please see the committer's handbook. >>>> >>>> Sadly, LINT has gone away in -CURRENT, leaving many committers without an >>>> easy way to test compilability with various options. I'm not sure what >>>> the best solution to this problem is, but it would be nice to have >>>> something. >>> >>> Ahem! On -current: >>> >>> peter@t8000[8:42pm]~src/sys/i386/conf-188> ls >>> CVS/ Makefile NOTES T8000.lite >>> GENERIC NEWCARD T8000 gethints.pl >>> GENERIC.hints NEWCARD.hints T8000.full makeLINT.pl >>> peter@t8000[8:42pm]~src/sys/i386/conf-189> ls LINT >>> ls: LINT: No such file or directory >>> peter@t8000[8:42pm]~src/sys/i386/conf-190> make LINT >>> perl5 makeLINT.pl < NOTES > LINT >> >> Is this in UPDATING? > > Developers should know all about this from reading their cvs mail: > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/conf/Attic/LINT,v > Working file: LINT > head: 1.783 > ... > ---------------------------- > revision 1.783 > date: 2000/06/13 22:28:46; author: peter; state: dead; lines: +1 -1 > Borrow phk's axe and apply the next stage of config(8)'s evolution. > > ... > > There are a few things that I'm not too happy with yet. Under this scheme, > things like LINT would no longer be useful as "documentation" of settings. > I have renamed this file to 'NOTES' and stored the example hints strings > in it. However... this is not something that config(8) understands, so > there is a script that extracts the build-specific data from the > documentation file (NOTES) to produce a LINT that can be config'ed and > built. A stack of man4 pages will need updating. :-/ > > ... > > Please exercise EXTREME CAUTION when transitioning! > > Moral support by: phk, msmith, dfr, asmodai, imp, and others > ---------------------------- > > It was the least traumatic part of the hints changes (since it only affects > developers). Maybe. But I read that commit message (and in fact suggested to Warner that he put something about it in UPDATING), but we both missed that point. If we can, I suggest that others can too. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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